aah bargah-e-husn mein jalwon ka asar dekh
had se na guzar zabt mein ai zabt-e-nazar dekh

mat puchh ki kya guzri dil-shoala-sifat par
is dast-e-hinai mein mera daman-e-tar dekh

tu us ka tamannai hai mat dar dil-e-nadan
ummid nahin phir bhi wo kahta hai to mar dekh

ye shahr hai ya khema hai dushman ka sipah ka
aawaz ke zakhmon se lahu hai mera sar dekh

kyun bahr-e-khamoshi mein hai tu misl-e-sada tang
hasrat koi baqi hai to ek bar ubhar dekh

shayad tere hisse mein ho moti ka muqaddar
ai qatra-e-jaan aaj samundar mein utar dekh

kyun panw pasare tu pada hai sar-e-rahe
kya sakht safar hai zara sae se idhar dekh

shayad ho idhar 'arsh' koi chashma-e-haiwan
ek bar tu hasti ke bayaban se guzar dekh